[Don Joe]

Yeah, attack the disenfranchied republicans. That's the best way to win back their votes. In fact, the more you beat them over the head, insult them, dismiss their concerns, and, in your words, "flame" them, the more likely they are to return to the fold.

And we wonder why people call us "the stupid party"...

[Gringo1]

Why attack them?

Here are a few good reasons to do it:

1)You cannot make them happy, anything short of a theocracy isn't in thier plans.The likeleyhood of them "returning to the fold" are slim and none anyhow.

2)Those that throw fits and stay home elect buttwipes like Bill Clinton, then sit and complain for 8 years about how immoral he is, when they had the chance to keep his butt out of the white house but chose to act like little babies instead. This will happen with Kerry too, and the same idiots will be responsible....those that stay home and don't vote....not Bush, not anyone else, just the idiots who stay home.Rather than giving Bush 4 more years to get his act together, you guys would rather have 4-8 years of a liberal from Mass.

THAT is why the "stupid party" label sticks, because we won't stick with our guy over stupid stuff even if he is a sitting president.

3)"Disenfranchised" is a liberal codeword, and anyone using it sets themselves up for scrutiny.